Old-school news, just in time
by Kevin Burton On the morning of my first day as a full-time honest-to-God newspaper reporter, a game of musical chairs broke out. Musical desks too. I had been hired by The Frontiersman in Wasilla, Alaska, to replace a local government reporter. I was a second choice. The person they hired first …
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by Dictionary Scoop Budding inventors take note. Some ideas from the past were just too weird, too early, or too wonderfully impractical to survive. Let’s take a nostalgic trip through the patent office’s hall of shame. Very hard to believe this first one! 1-The baby cage (1930s) Back when fresh air was considered a …
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